Authorized Syndicated Descriptions of Linked Web Content Displayed With Links in User-Generated Content

1. A method of building pages including an authorized syndicated description of a page of content, the method comprising: receiving a user-generated content item that includes a link to the page of content; canonicalizing the link; selecting, by a processor included in a content processing system, an address associated with the canonicalized link from a database, the database storing addresses corresponding to feed items, each address corresponding to a feed item stored in the database responsive to determining that an accessed page of content includes a pointer to the source from which a feed including the feed item was obtained, each stored feed item comprising a link to the accessed page of content page and an authorized syndicated description of the content included in the accessed page of content page; obtaining a plurality of authorized syndicated descriptions of the content; selecting one of the plurality of authorized syndicated descriptions based on length of the description; obtaining an authorized syndicated description of the content associated with authorized syndicated description associated with the selected address; and building a page including the user-generated content item that includes a link to the page of content and the authorized syndicated description associated with the selected address.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-generated content comprises a post on a social networking website or a blog entry.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the page of content comprises an item of news media.

4. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for building pages including an authorized syndicated description of a page of content, the code for: receiving a user-generated content item that includes a link to the page of content; canonicalizing the link; selecting, by a processor included in a content processing system, an address associated with the canonicalized link from a database, the database storing addresses corresponding to feed items, each address corresponding to a feed item stored in the database responsive to determining that an accessed page of content includes a pointer to the source from which a feed including the feed item was obtained, each stored feed item comprising a link to the accessed page of content page and an authorized syndicated description of the content included in the accessed page of content page; obtaining a plurality of authorized syndicated descriptions of the content; selecting one of the plurality of authorized syndicated descriptions based on length of the description; obtaining an authorized syndicated description of the content associated with authorized syndicated description associated with the selected address; and building a page including the user-generated content item that includes a link to the page of content and the authorized syndicated description associated with the selected address.

5. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the user-generated content comprises a post on a social networking website or a blog entry.

6. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein page of content comprises an item of news media.